get/stay/keep out of someone's/the way
idiom
: to not block someone's path
He asked the children to keep out of his way while he made dinner.
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Gone is the long tradition that the United States has just one president at a time and that the president-elect generally tries to stay out of the way until taking the oath of office.
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Susan Page, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
There’s a tendency to simply get out of the way in talky sequences, letting the talents strut and fret their hour on the stage with zero frills.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
First, Washington needs to get out of the way, so universities have the autonomy to expand student access, lower tuition and ensure academic excellence.
—Eric Bledsoe, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2024
Palestinians in northern Gaza described heavy Israeli bombardment Saturday in the hours after airstrikes killed at least 22 people, as Israel warned people there and in southern Lebanon to get out of the way of offensives against the Hamas and Hezbollah militant groups.
—Samy Magdy and Bassem Mroue, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Oct. 2024
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Susan Page, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
There’s a tendency to simply get out of the way in talky sequences, letting the talents strut and fret their hour on the stage with zero frills.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
First, Washington needs to get out of the way, so universities have the autonomy to expand student access, lower tuition and ensure academic excellence.
—Eric Bledsoe, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2024
Palestinians in northern Gaza described heavy Israeli bombardment Saturday in the hours after airstrikes killed at least 22 people, as Israel warned people there and in southern Lebanon to get out of the way of offensives against the Hamas and Hezbollah militant groups.
—Samy Magdy and Bassem Mroue, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Oct. 2024
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“Get/stay/keep out of someone's/the way.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%2Fstay%2Fkeep%20out%20of%20someone%27s%2Fthe%20way. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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